It is an essential requirement to present the supervised projectand ICT practicals to pass the subject. If the project is not presented both orally and in written form the student will fail.

To pass, students must get a minimum of a 5/10 in the project and practicals. If they do not get this minimum grades they will not pass.

There is no difference in assessment in the 1st and 2nd opportunities.

Note for Spanish students with "dispensa académica de exención de asistencia":

De manera específica, las medidas de dedicación para el “Alumnado con recoñecemento de dedicación a tempo parcial e dispensa académica de exención de asistencia” son las que siguen: -Los/as alumnos/as deben ponerse de acurdo con la profesora para fijar varias tutorías con el fin de seguir la materia con efectividad. -Deben asistir a clase el mínimo de horas fijadas en el reglamento. -Deben realizar tanto el examen como las prácticas, las lecturas y el trabajo. -Las fechas de entregas oficiales fijadas para los/as alumnos/as que asisten a clase no aplican para estos/as alumnos/as quienes entregarán todo lo que haya que entregar como muy tarde 30 días antes del examen oficial.

Learning outcomes	Study programme competences
Learning about main types of documents produced by historical archives	A2 A7		C4
- Learning of main methods for historical archives management	A2 A7	B2	C4 C8 C9 C11 C19
- Get to know documents produced by historical provincial archives. Tipologies.	A2 A7	B2	C4
Knowledge about the main functions of Historical archives	A8	B2 B6	C4 C8 C9 C12
Knowledge about the main functions of Historical archives in Spain	A3	B3 B4 B7	C1
- Knowledge about the more advanced techniques for management of historical archives in Spain.	A5 A6	B8 B9	C14
- Knowledge about the more advanced techniques for management of historical archives.	A4	B1	C6 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Main concepts and Archives	1.1 Some concepts 1.2 Some historical Archives 1.3 Practical tasks
2. The Archivist and the Archival document	2.1 Professional Responsibilities 2.2 The purpose of Archives 2.3 The cycle of documents from their creation to the researcher´s hands 2.4 Forms of manuscripts 2.5 Practical tasks
3. Selection and Transfer of records	3.1 Paper records´transfer 3.2 Digital transfer steps 3.3 Practical tasks
4. Describing information	4.1 Introduction 4.2 ISAD(G) 4.3 ISDIAH 4.4 ISAAR(CPF) 4.5 Practical tasks
5. Historical scripts	5.1 The Roman system of scripts 5.2 The national hands or sub-Roman hands 5.3 The Insular system 5.4 Anglo-Saxon scripts 5.5 Protogothic scripts or Littera Minuscule Protogothica 5.6 The Gothic system 5.7 Italian scripts 5.8 The Humanistic system 5.9 Egyptian scripts 5.10 Practical tasks

Methodologies / tests	Competencies	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
ICT practicals	A5 A6 A7 A8 B1 B2 C9 C11 C18 C20	42	20	62
Guest lecture / keynote speech	A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 B4 B6 B7 B8 C1 C4 C6 C8	42	10	52
Objective test	A2 C20	2	10	12
Supervised projects	B9 C12 C14 C16 C17 C19 C20	12	8	20

Personalized attention		4	0	4

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies	Description
ICT practicals	Practical topics related to the theoretical ones. These ICT practicals extend what is learnt in the teacher´s lectures.
Guest lecture / keynote speech	The theoretical and practical part of the subject will be explained in class. Behaviours, attitudes and attendance will be assessed.
Objective test	Theoretical and practical exam in English
Supervised projects	Pupils will present a project in which they will describe and transcribe a document (if necessary) following the three international standards learnt in class. The record that the student will work with will be selected by the student in accordance with the teacher. The deadline to hand in the projects is 30 days before the final exam.

Methodologies	Competencies	Description	Qualification
ICT practicals	A5 A6 A7 A8 B1 B2 C9 C11 C18 C20	Attending ICT practicals, handing them in, as well as readings lectures and organized visits will be graded.	10
Guest lecture / keynote speech	A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 B4 B6 B7 B8 C1 C4 C6 C8	Attending master classes will be graded. Also, students attitudes, behaviours and participation in activities during the course will be graded. Non-attendance to programmed visits will be deducted from the final grade (1 point).	10
Supervised projects	B9 C12 C14 C16 C17 C19 C20	Individual projects will be assessed both orally and in written form. If the student does not present the project both orally and in written form (s)he will fail.	30
Objective test	A2 C20	Test in English	50

Assessment comments
It is an essential requirement to present the supervised projectand ICT practicals to pass the subject. If the project is not presented both orally and in written form the student will fail. To pass, students must get a minimum of a 5/10 in the project and practicals. If they do not get this minimum grades they will not pass. There is no difference in assessment in the 1st and 2nd opportunities. Note for Spanish students with "dispensa académica de exención de asistencia": De manera específica, las medidas de dedicación para el “Alumnado con recoñecemento de dedicación a tempo parcial e dispensa académica de exención de asistencia” son las que siguen: -Los/as alumnos/as deben ponerse de acurdo con la profesora para fijar varias tutorías con el fin de seguir la materia con efectividad. -Deben asistir a clase el mínimo de horas fijadas en el reglamento. -Deben realizar tanto el examen como las prácticas, las lecturas y el trabajo. -Las fechas de entregas oficiales fijadas para los/as alumnos/as que asisten a clase no aplican para estos/as alumnos/as quienes entregarán todo lo que haya que entregar como muy tarde 30 días antes del examen oficial.

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Other comments
The study of historical archives requires a basic archival knowledge; knowledge about management  and information retrieval; knowledge about law and protection of documents as well as diffusion via web.